Monday 15 June 2009

On to Ontario

Johnnene and Gail against a wonderful cottonwood tree alongside the River Thames in London, Ontario.
Daisy May, left, and Bobbins, right helped to make my stay with Johnnene Maddison and Dave in London, Ontario, a very pleasant and comfortable 'home from home'.

A decorative house in the town of Stratford, (Ontario) which has several theatres, a statue of Shakespsear and a River Avon.






Jackie and Eleanor on the pebble shore of Lake Erie. 60 miles across to the other shore!



An 'assemblage' on the shore.

A ground hog 'mom' enjoying the sun in the unniversity. Her three babies sometimes joined her for a run around on the grass.
A few examples of the resolved textile pieces as a result of the 'Assemblage' workshop from Susan, Johnnene, Gail, Maggie, Kathy, Leanne, Jackie, Betty and Ruth Ann. There were many other exciting pieces, too numerous to add here that used different methods of attachment to create assembled textiles, combining old and new materials, some dipped in a dye bath of potassium permanganate solution to help to unify the different parts.





















Rael, a bursary student from the University Textiles Course, arranges her work for the evaluation session.


Students attending the Embroiderers' Guild Summer School in the 'Assemblage' class in one of the spacious workshop rooms in Western Ontario University. The 19 students gather to discuss their work at the last session of the workshop. Do any of you have any other photos?

2 comments:

  1. It is lovely to see the pictures from our class. It was a wonderful experience. Thanks again Sian for your lessons, laughs,and'Sianisms'.
    Maggie H.

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  2. These are lovely, inspiring pieces (the tree and the cats were great too!). As soon as it stops raining I'm off to collect sticks to make some assemblages of my very own. I have no idea what potassium permanganate is but I shall look it up because the effect is wonderfully tree-ish.
    Karen

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